A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the “Official ...

On the edge of the Arctic Circle in Lapland, Finland, the ‘official home of Santa Claus’ welcomes over 600,000 visitors during the festive period alone each year, all eager for the chance to ...

I’m hanging on for dear life as Janne Honkanen, the owner of Octola Private Wilderness in Finland’s far north Lapland, zooms us into a skidding drift on a frozen lake.

ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Shuffling across icy ground on a cold December afternoon, lots of tourist groups poured into Santa ...

Johan Juujärvi is the manager of Rovaniemi Airport, in the capital of Lapland in northern Finland ... Rovaniemi is the home of Santa Claus. “Just before Christmas, we have lots of people ...

A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the “Official ...

At that moment, the government was promoting Finland, over rival claims from Denmark, Norway, the United States and Greenland, as the real home of Santa Claus. But it took some time for Santa to ...